When A Bully Falls In Love by Valerie Sax (good books to read for women TXT) 📖

"It's 28. Why?"

"Nothing, it's just my hormones." I tried to hide my stupidity.

Seriously? Is it my hormones? Am I getting horny thinking of him?

Is it true, getting horny before your cycle?

Suddenly my phone started to buzz again.

I picked it and heard a familiar voice.

"Where are you?"

"I am in the mall. Where are you?" I asked. It's Caleb.

He told me to come out of the mall and meet him at the opposite coffee shop.

Hastily I ran with Clara.

"Where are we going, Aoife?" She asked.

"I need to meet someone. Come on." I rushed towards the elevator.

As we reached the cafe, I saw Caleb.

I ran towards him and hugged him.

Tears were rolling from my eyes as I saw him after six months.

"Caleb, I missed you," I said while hugging him tightly.

He smiled, but he was looking here and there.

"What? Didn't you miss me?" I said in my sobbing voice.

"I did... I did... Did you get the money?" He answered, jerking my hand.

"Yeah... I got it." I gave him an envelope.

"Please be careful. I can see you are not well. I am happy you decided to admit yourself to rehab." 

I said while looking at him, and he was scanning his phone.

"I promise, sister. Now I am going, getting late, bye,"

He said.

"Getting late for what?" I asked him.

I felt something was not right. He was not at all into our conversation.

"Getting late for admission, sister," He mustered a smile to make me happy.

I nodded to him as he turned and started walking away.

I wanted him right now with me. After all the things I have been through, he was the closest one I wanted.

I ran and hugged him again.

"I missed you, brother," I said.

He turned and hugged me. He planted a kiss on my forehead and left me on the corner of the street.

My teary eyes looked at him till the end of the road.

Clara came and hugged me.

"Are you ok?" She said.

"No, I miss him. He is the only man I trust." I answered.

She took me inside the cafe where we ordered our drinks.

After this emotional roller coaster, I decided to spill my beans to Clara.

I told her what happened last night and how Matt defended Xander.

She listened to me and said.

"I know you are not going to trust me, but I feel the same way as Matt did. He was at the wrong place at the wrong time. You should give him a chance."

Clara said.

"What? Do you think the same?" I asked.

"What in the future, you got to know he was the one who saved you, and you blamed him for everything? Can you live with this thought?"

She questioned me.

Her question drove me to deep thoughts.

I can't do this to him. I should listen to his part.

I excused myself from Clara and called Matt.

"Matt, can I meet Xander? I wanted to say sorry to him for blaming him such things without any proof,"

I said.

He was quiet for a moment.

"Are you sure? Because he might not listen to you. I know him; he is at the peak of his anger right now?" He answered.

"I am sure. When can we meet him?" I said,

"I don't know where he is? He didn't pick my phone since morning, and I am sure he will not."

He replied.

"Ok, let me know. Where we can talk to him."

I replied and hung up the phone.